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Dr Seuss Goes to War
Richard H. Minear
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Description for Dr Seuss Goes to War
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 258 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 624.
“A fascinating collection” of wartime cartoons from the beloved children’s author and illustrator (The New York Times Book Review).
For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelous stories and illustrations of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. But few know the work Geisel did as a political cartoonist during World War II, for the New York daily newspaper PM. In these extraordinarily trenchant cartoons, Geisel presents “a provocative history of wartime politics” (Entertainment Weekly). Dr. Seuss Goes to War features handsome, large-format reproductions of more than two hundred of Geisel’s cartoons, alongside “insightful” ... Read more
“A fascinating collection” of wartime cartoons from the beloved children’s author and illustrator (The New York Times Book Review).
For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelous stories and illustrations of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. But few know the work Geisel did as a political cartoonist during World War II, for the New York daily newspaper PM. In these extraordinarily trenchant cartoons, Geisel presents “a provocative history of wartime politics” (Entertainment Weekly). Dr. Seuss Goes to War features handsome, large-format reproductions of more than two hundred of Geisel’s cartoons, alongside “insightful” ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781565847040
SKU
V9781565847040
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About Richard H. Minear
One of the country's leading historians of Japan during World War II, Richard H. Minear is a retired professor of history emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel (The New Press) and Victors’ Justice: The Tokyo War Crimes Trial. Art Spiegelman is a writer ... Read more
Reviews for Dr Seuss Goes to War
"Scathing, fascinating stuff. . . . A provocative history of wartime politics. Grade: A." —Entertainment Weekly "Vigorous, trenchant, and vividly memorable, Geisel's cartoons, accompanied by Minear's helpful commentary, are a salutary reminder of an era in which patriotism and liberalism went hand in hand." —The Christian Science Monitor "Great cartooning. . . . Minear's ... Read more